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In this photo of a wilt-affected plant’s stem at harvest, black microsclerotia can be seen just below the surface layer. (Gov.mb.ca/agriculture)
Canola, Crops, Machinery

Verticillium wilt makes jump to Canadian canola

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A Manitoba canola field has been confirmed as the first in North America with Verticillium wilt, a fungal disease well known to northern Europe’s canola and vegetable growers. With no seed treatments or foliar fungicides yet registered against it — and with no resistant canola varieties available — the disease, if here to stay, may […] Read more
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Crops, Management

Finding the right agricultural niche

Is niche diversification really the right strategy for your farm? Your best answer may come from answering this: ‘How driven are you?’

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The reasons for wanting to diversify the farming operation are almost as diverse as the opportunities themselves. On many farms, it’s because expansion is so costly at today’s land prices, so the only way to grow is to intensify. Or it may be because there are more generations needing to draw income from the operation. […] Read more
(FIle photo by Allan Dawson)
Corn, Crops, Weather

Manitoba corn quality better than expected

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Manitoba’s corn growers weren’t sure what they’d find when they combined their fields this fall due to unfavourable growing conditions, but overall quality was better than expected. “We were worried going in that it would be a lighter crop because of the frost in September,” said Morgan Cott, agronomist with the Manitoba […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Man. farmers to get compensation for swamped land

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers around southern Manitoba’s Portage Diversion whose fields were submerged by the province’s flood-control efforts this summer can expect some compensation. The province on Wednesday pledged up to $1.15 million to compensate growers following last summer’s use of the Portage Diversion to help regulate water flow and protect rural and urban residents along the Assiniboine […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Man. cattle producers get AgriRecovery feed assistance

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Eligible livestock producers in parts of Manitoba excessively soaked during the growing season will get federal/provincial backing to buy and haul feed and forage. The federal and provincial governments on Wednesday announced AgriRecovery funding for what they call the 2014 Canada-Manitoba Forage Shortfall and Transportation Assistance Initiative. The program will offer support worth up to […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Manitoba extends fertilizer application window

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba crop producers who’d hoped to apply manure or fertilizers to their fields now have a couple of extra days before the province’s annual winter ban takes effect. Manitoba’s conservation and water stewardship department announced Friday it will delay the start of the annual provincewide winter nutrient application ban until Wednesday (Nov. 12). Soil temperatures […] Read more
Ernie Sirski, soybean farmer
Crops, Soybeans

1.6 million acres of Prairie soybeans

Manitoba’s soybean acres have exploded in 2014, and Saskatchewan farmers are close behind

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Reading Time: 6 minutes You can’t accuse Ernie Sirski of doing things by halves. In fact, he does them by twos, at least when it comes to soybeans. In 2012, Sirski planted 200 acres of soybeans for the first time on his farm near Dauphin, Man. The next year, he doubled that to 400 acres, averaging an impressive 40 […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Weather

Cheap grain could shore up any Man. forage shortages

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Excessive moisture in some parts of Manitoba over the past few months has led to localized forage shortages heading into the winter. However, ample feed grain supplies are expected to help supplement any lack of forages. Manitoba’s Interlake region was particularly hard hit by moisture in 2014. Water levels on both Lake […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Man. soybeans likely to sit in storage until new year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The bulk of Manitoba’s soybean crop may be off the field but isn’t likely headed to market anytime soon, according to an analyst. Local elevators are filling up “incredibly fast” with crops such as wheat and oats, “so soybeans may or may not have bin space at some of these elevators,” said […] Read more

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